Vault Collection (manuscript and archival material from 17th-20th centuries)Concord Pamphlet Collection (pamphlets, speeches, sermons, brochures, articles, reprints, research papers, clippings, sketches, ephemera which illuminates all aspects of Concord history including authors, residents, organizat (Finding Aid)
Basement Pamphlet Collection (primarily 19th century pamphlets, not specifically Concord-related, but pertaining to topics significant in relation to Concord history and literature, i.e. anti-slavery and reform activities, CiConcord Authors Collection (printed volumes by, about and from libraries of Concord authors from the 17th century on including: the Alcotts, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, William Ellery Channing, Elizabeth Palmer, Margaret Ful (Finding Aid)
Map and Atlas Collection (depicting Concord from the 17th century to the present; Massachusetts, New England and some United States maps; 19th century atlases of Massachusetts and New England)Broadside and Poster Collection (18th-20th century Concord-related items)Photofile Collection (19th and 20th century photographs of Concord people and places)Other Photographic Materials (includes large holdings of Alfred Winslow Hosmer (1851-1903), Herbert Wendell Gleason (1855-1937), and Alfred Munroe (1817-1904))Newspapers (19th century Concord and Massachusetts papers)Printed Concord Town Reports (1841-present)Printed Concord Street and Business Directories (1886-present)Concord Vital Record Collection (1850-present)Concord Genealogy CollectionConcord Local History CollectionHistoric Building FilesScrapbook CollectionYearbook/High School Publication CollectionArt Collection (primarily sculpture and paintings of or by Concord individuals)Postcard Collection

Access:

Collection(s) are available by appointment only
Photo ID required
Access only in reading room, supervised
Laptop computers and tape recorders allowed with staff approval

FROM ROUTE 2:
Follow to Concord and follow signs to Concord Center. Library is at
intersection of Main Street and Sudbury Road. Train service
(Fitchburg Line, from North Station) will leave visitors a short
walk from the library.
TRAIN (FITCHBURG LINE, FROM NORTH STATION):
Leaves visitors a short walk from the library.

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